To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him.

One alone does not help, but rather he who unites with many at the right moment.

Change amuses the mind, but rarely profits.

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

Without my attempts in natural science, I should never have learned to know mankind such as it is. In nothing else can we so closely approach pure contemplation and thought, so closely observe the errors of the senses and of the understanding, the weak and strong points of character.

Every need whose true satisfaction is denied leads by necessity to faith.